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SURRENDERED. Wesley Snipes, 44, star of films, including New Jack City, Waiting to Exhale and Blade, who was indicted in October on several counts of tax fraud; to authorities in Ocala, Fla., after flying on a private jet from Namibia, where he has been filming his new movie Gallow Walker. Accused of falsely claiming refunds of some $12 million as well as failing to file some tax returns, Snipes was released on $1 million bond, allowed to finish filming and ordered to return to the U.S. by Jan. 10. The actor, who claimed he was a scapegoat for bad accountants...
...build up a nation's infrastructure rather than tear it apart. While the nascent democracy of Botswana does not have a diversified economy (65% of export income comes from diamonds), its calm political climate proves that these stones are not always corrosive to the places they come from. Namibia is taking steps toward creating a homegrown polishing industry, adding a long-overdue value-added layer to the extraction process. A sudden collapse of the diamond trade would spell disaster for these countries and cause starvation and chaos in other diamond zones in Africa...
...seniors. Two super senior roommates, Sarah C. Bahan ’06-’07 and Elena M. Krieger ’06-’07 took the first semester of what would have been their senior year off. Krieger interned in Brazil and Bahan worked in Namibia. Bahan and Krieger opted to take time off after considering studying abroad. “We couldn’t do a study abroad program as easily as some of our peers, because we’re science concentrators,” says Bahan. “It didn?...
...beneficiary, Deep Roots, grants scholarships to students in Namibia, Nepal, Zambia and Guatemala...
...provide a night of really amazing comedy for Harvard students and we can make a serious effort to raise both money and awareness.” Proceeds from the event will go to Deep Roots, a charity that offers scholarships to underprivileged youths, especially women, in Guatemala, Namibia, Nepal, and Zambia. “We at Harvard take for granted every now and then that we do have an education, a fantastic education,” said HCC Production Chair Samantha H. Fink ’07. “There are people across the world who never get basic...